Les traités de rome mars 1957
Plans for the EDC
TexteCartoon on the plan to create a European army (17 February 1951)
ImageIn 1951, the East German daily newspaper Tägliche Rundschau disapproves of the plan to set up a European army and criticises US policy in Europe.
Poster opposing the EDC
ImageThe Messina Conference
TexteThe Spaak Report
TextePaul-Henri Spaak
ImageThe Venice Conference
TexteLes réalisations du Traité CEE
Cartoon by Murschetz on the enlargement of the European Community (14 December 1971)
ImageIn the early 1970s, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Ireland resolutely seek to join the European Economic Community (EEC). The three applicant countries sail together 'towards new shores'.
The Stresa Conference (3 to 12 July 1958)
ImageFrom 3 to 12 July 1958, the delegations of the Six met in Stresa (Italy) to discuss the introduction of a common agricultural policy (CAP) with Walter Hallstein, President of the European Commission, and Sicco Mansholt, Commissioner for Agriculture.
Sicco Mansholt
ImageSicco Mansholt, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner with special responsibility for agriculture from 1958 to 1973: the architect of the common agricultural policy (CAP).
Euratom
TexteAltiero Spinelli, Rapporteur (Strasbourg, 14 February 1984)
ImageAltiero Spinelli, Rapporteur for the Draft Treaty establishing the European Union, on the benches of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 14 February 1984.
Signing of the Single European Act (Luxembourg, 17 February 1986)
ImageOn 17 February 1986, in Luxembourg, nine Member States sign the Single European Act (Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom). In the foreground is the Dutch President of the European Council, Hans van den Broek.
Group photo of the Rome European Council (27 and 28 October 1990)
ImageGroup photo of the Rome European Council meeting of 27 and 28 October 1990 convened with a view to taking stock of the organisation of the two Intergovernmental Conferences (IGC) on Economic and Monetary Union and Political Union.